Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "horse-race-bet"

1. Heart and Souls (1993)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An unhappy businessman finds a new sense of purpose after he's tasked with helping a quartet of ghosts fulfill their last wishes before moving on to the afterlife.

Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick

Votes: 18,936 | Gross: $16.58M

2. The Grifters (1990)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe

Votes: 30,549 | Gross: $13.45M

3. The Champ (1979)

PG | 121 min | Drama, Sport

Billy Flynn is an ex-champion boxer who was KO'd by booze and gambling. When the wealthy, estranged mother of his young son begins trying to lure the boy away from him, Flynn must return to the ring to provide for his child.

Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder, Jack Warden

Votes: 9,241 | Gross: $30.44M

4. A Little Romance (1979)

PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

An American teenager living in Paris meets and falls in love with a local.

Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill

Votes: 6,426

5. The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 240 min | Drama, Western

Brady Hawkes returns for another gambling adventure with the help of a madame named Burgundy Jones and a few famous TV western characters.

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Kenny Rogers, Rick Rossovich, Reba McEntire, Claude Akins

Votes: 525

6. The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

Approved | 116 min | Drama, Romance

An American journalist returns to Paris - a city that gave him true love and deep grief.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed

Votes: 4,266

7. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.

Director: René Clair | Stars: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy

Votes: 2,858

8. My New Partner (1984)

R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime

A moderately corrupt veteran policeman teaches the art of bribes to his young partner. The rookie turns out to be an extremely capable student, and soon overtakes the teacher.

Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Régine, Grace de Capitani

Votes: 4,986

9. All Square (2018)

TV-MA | 93 min | Drama

A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend's son and begins taking bets on his youth league baseball games, creating chaos in the community.

Director: John Hyams | Stars: Michael Kelly, Jesse Ray Sheps, Pamela Adlon, Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Votes: 571

10. Very Annie Mary (2001)

104 min | Comedy, Musical

After her father suffers a stroke, his daughter is forced to take care of him.

Director: Sara Sugarman | Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys

Votes: 1,342

11. Two Seconds (1932)

67 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee, Preston Foster

Votes: 1,299

12. The Red Fury (1984)

PG | 105 min | Drama, Family

Lost and alone, a young Indian boy travels through the wilds of the Old West. He finds shelter with a widowed horse trainer, who names him Frankie and teaches the outcast the tricks of the trade.

Director: Lyman Dayton | Stars: Will Jordan, Katherine Cannon, Cal Bartlett, Alan Hale Jr.

Votes: 181

13. Racing Lady (1937)

Approved | 59 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A shrewd millionaire who owns races horses for publicity for his automobile business, claims ownership of a female horse trainer's thoroughbred in order to get the trainer.

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, Harry Carey, Berton Churchill

Votes: 154

14. Ten Benny (1995)

R | 108 min | Drama

Ray is a man on the move. He's got a tip on the races that's sure to turn a borrowed ten grand into a hundred. But when Ray's horse comes up short, he finds himself on the run from the mob and his girlfriend in the arms of his best friend.

Director: Eric Bross | Stars: Adrien Brody, Michael Gallagher, Sybil Darrow, Tony Gillan

Votes: 411 | Gross: $0.01M

15. When in Rome (1952)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia, Carlo Rizzo

Votes: 333

16. Wall of Noise (1963)

Approved | 112 min | Drama, Romance

Joel Tarrant is an ambitious horse trainer working at the Hollywood Race Track. He works for the coarse Matt Rubio, whose wife Laura expresses a special interest in Joel's social life.

Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Suzanne Pleshette, Ty Hardin, Dorothy Provine, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 292

17. Play Girl (1932)

Unrated | 60 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman's financial problems continue through a troubled marriage to a gambler.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Winnie Lightner, Loretta Young, Norman Foster, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 366

18. Blonde Inspiration (1941)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Unknown writer Jonathan Briggs is tricked into buying in to a struggling western magazine only to find that all Is not as it appears. In the meantime, he falls for the publisher's assistant and complications arise.

Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: John Shelton, Virginia Grey, Albert Dekker, Charles Butterworth

Votes: 229

19. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode: The Horseplayer (1961)

TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery

Father Amion discovers that the large amounts of money turning up on the collection plate come from a grateful horse player who has hit a winning streak.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Claude Rains, Ed Gardner, Percy Helton

Votes: 586

20. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: Tunnel (1977)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

When a tunnel collapses, Wojo is buried alive along with a burglar digging toward a diamond exchange. Though he is currently homeless, Harris searches Manhattan for an apartment to fit his intended lifestyle.

Director: David Swift | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Jack Soo

Votes: 102

21. Dynasty (1981–1989)
Episode: Peter De Vilbis (1983)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama, Romance

Fallon meets a dashing German hotelier in Los Angeles. Dex continues his efforts to win Alexis. Krystle relishes her publicity post, much to Tracy's chagrin. Adam and Tracy bond over shared ambitions. Jeff finally learns Adam raped Kirby.

Director: Jerome Courtland | Stars: John Forsythe, Linda Evans, Pamela Sue Martin, Pamela Bellwood

Votes: 77

22. Shameless (2004–2013)
Episode: Baby (2006)

TV-MA | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A heavily pregnant Mandy is knocked aside during a purse robbery at Kash's shop and gives birth to Lip's baby, but her family forbid contact. Elsewhere, Kev is given a racing tip not to be shared with anyone else.

Director: Jim O'Hanlon | Stars: David Threlfall, Maggie O'Neill, Dean Lennox Kelly, Maxine Peake

Votes: 124

23. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode: The Buggy (1966)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

When Granny hears the Drysdales are at a horse show, she declares she wants good trotter so she can ride it to the market. When Mr. Drysdale buys a racer along with a buggy, Granny decides she wants to be the driver at the track.

Director: Joseph Depew | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.

Votes: 77

24. The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955)
Episode: Petersen's Eye (1955)

30 min | Drama

Opportunist tax adjuster Rutherford investigates the claim of an atomic lab technician who lost his vision in a nuclear accident. Shockingly, Petersen says that with his damaged eye, he can... See full summary »

Director: John English | Stars: Herbert Patterson, Robert Ellenstein, Arthur Space, Sid Tomack

25. All Creatures Great and Small (2020– )
Episode: Andante (2020)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Drama

Siegfried hopes to become the attending vet at the local racecourse. Meanwhile an encounter with a racehorse threatens to end James's career. Tristan resorts to an unusual method of covering the loss of the surgery's income.

Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Callum Woodhouse, Anna Madeley, Samuel West, Nicholas Ralph

Votes: 631